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Appointment to Freight Industry Reference Panel

Ms Andrea Staines OAM has been appointed as a Member of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy Freight Industry Reference Panel.

The Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Barnaby Joyce MP, has appointed Ms Andrea Staines OAM as a Member of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy Freight Industry Reference Panel.

The Panel was first established by the then Transport and Infrastructure Council in July 2020. It plays a critical role in helping implement the Strategy, and acts as a lever to elicit more actions from all levels of government and industry more broadly.

Ms Staines brings a wealth of knowledge in air freight, sea freight and port operations to the Panel. She has been a full-time Non-Executive Director for over a decade, on a range of Australian and New Zealand entities in transport, infrastructure and retail service arenas.

She is currently Deputy Chair at Australia Post and Non-Executive Director at SeaLink.

Ms Staines has been appointed for a period of 18 months, beginning from 14 February 2022.

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